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1580444

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date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks: Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, when the Challenger 3 tank is in service, whether they will be free to export, sell, loan or transfer these tanks to any government they should choose without the agreement of the government of Germany.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Challenger 3 will be a highly capable Main Battle Tank with world-leading performance. In line with the Land Industrial Strategy, our ambition is for it to be in service in 2027 with the capability ready for transfer, loan, or export. We are closely working with partners, including Germany where certain Challenge 3 components will be made, in order to meet these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>Any and all such sharing would be subject to the relevant law of intellectual property, national export regulations, and licence conditions that identify and control the end user, and reflect international arms controls and human rights legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/02/2023 16:47:40 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1580445

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the primary purpose of the Challenger II Main Battle Tank’s hull and automotive systems is to transport the Challenger II turret, its associated systems and crew, around the battlefield with an optimised balance of protection and mobility.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Yes. The Challenger 2 hull primarily provides survivability, the automotive components provide mobility, and the turret provides lethality. All three are balanced and work in harmony to deliver an effective capability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/02/2023 11:28:18 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1381583

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) for which trades in the Regular British Army, and (2) at what level, is the holding of a group C HGV licence a mandatory requirement.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL4325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL4326 HL4327 HL4328 question first answered 07/12/2021 15:29:49 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL4325 - British Army Trained HGV Licences.docx title British Army HGV Driving Licence Requirements
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1381584

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) for which trades in the Regular British Army, and (2) at what level, is the holding of a group C+E HGV licence a mandatory requirement.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL4326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL4325 HL4327 HL4328 question first answered 07/12/2021 15:29:50 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL4325 - British Army Trained HGV Licences.docx title British Army HGV Driving Licence Requirements
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1381585

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) for which trades in the British Army Reserve, and (2) at what level, is the holding of a group C HGV licence a mandatory requirement.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL4327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL4325 HL4326 HL4328 question first answered 07/12/2021 15:29:50 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL4325 - British Army Trained HGV Licences.docx title British Army HGV Driving Licence Requirements
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1381586

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) for which trades in the British Army Reserve, and (2) at what level, is the holding of a group C +E HGV licence a mandatory requirement.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL4328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL4325 HL4326 HL4327 question first answered 07/12/2021 15:29:50 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL4325 - British Army Trained HGV Licences.docx title British Army HGV Driving Licence Requirements
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1362004

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 14 October (HL2815), how many (1) regular, and (2) reserve, members of the Armed Forces who hold the rank equivalent to a full corporal or below hold a group C HGV licence; and how many hold a group C + E licence.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL3225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>Under Military Aid to Civilian Authority, Defence has made available approximately 250 military fuel tanker drivers and a similar number of support staff, to assist the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy with ensuring the continuity of fuel supplies around Great Britain. As part of ensuring that Defence has a suitably qualified workforce, we train personnel in a variety of different categories of driving licences. This is primarily to enable the safe operation of military vehicles and equipment in worldwide operations and qualified personnel are regularly deployed overseas. It would therefore be misleading to specify numbers of qualified personnel against specific driving license requirements currently held within Defence or specifically in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/11/2021 12:00:44 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1358426

registered interest
date	04/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) regular, and (2) reserve, members of the Armed Forces hold (a) a group C HGV licence, and (b) a group C + E licence.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL2815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows a count of Service Personnel by HGV Licence type. One person can hold more than one licence. The grand totals are distinct counts of Service Personnel.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Licence</p></td><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p><strong>SP Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat C + E</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p><strong>1,880</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat C</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p><strong>3,810</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,880</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>650</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,520</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Totals have been rounded independently and may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 14/10/2021 10:50:44 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1355583

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Ammunition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the cost of (1) the Challenger Tank’s 120mm high-explosive squash head (HESH) round complete with charge, and (2) a 120mm fin-stabilised discarding sabot round complete with charge, compare with the cost of one round of the 40mm cannon fitted to the Ajax reconnaissance vehicle in percentage terms.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL2685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank and Ajax vehicle are designed for different purposes and their armament and ammunition reflect this. We do not comment on the cost of the 40mm ammunition as this is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 28/09/2021 12:54:56 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1299832

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 4 March (HL13345), on which occasions in the last 20 years the British Army has deployed a largely fully formed and supported brigade for manoeuvre and deployment training; and when they expect that a similar scale of exercise will be conducted in order (1) to test the UK's ability and identify any weaknesses, (2) to reassure allies, and (3) to deter potential opponents.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL13886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The British Army has regularly conducted collective training at Brigade level over the years and has plans to do so in the future. Over the course of Operations HERRICK (2002 - 2014) and TELIC (2003 - 2011) the British Army continuously trained and prepared a series of Brigade level deployments, including full Mission Rehearsal Exercises on an enduring 6 monthly rotational basis. Other significant Brigade level training in the past includes Exercises SAIF SAREEA 2 in 2002 and SAIF SAREEA 3 in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Army's Collective Training Group delivers a comprehensive programme of Mission Ready and Combat Ready Training to the Field Army. All training delivered at Battle Group level and above is delivered in a Brigade context as a minimum. Whilst this training methodology may not involve deploying the entire Brigade into the field at the same time, it does ensure that the skill sets involved in deploying a Brigade are practised regularly. Furthermore, use of simulation ensures that this type of training can be conducted efficiently whilst maximising the impact and utility of the training.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this continuous series of events delivered in a Brigade and Divisional context, there are also a series of planned exercises that focus on Brigade level and above training. Examples of these include the 16 Air Assault Brigade deploying of Ex SWIFT RESPONSE 22 in 2022 and the deployment of elements on Ex CERBERUS 22. Furthermore, the British Army regularly participates in the DEFENDER series, a US led multinational exercise in Europe, at the Brigade level.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 18/03/2021 14:46:32 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee